How to make homemade French fries at home is as follows: 1. Peel and wash the potatoes, and clean the areas with potato eyes, then cut them into about 1 cm thick, and then cut them into 0.5 cm thick potato strips. This thickness is only for
For reference, you will gain experience if you do more, or the thickness can be adjusted according to personal preference.
2. Soak the cut potatoes in cold water for about half an hour, drain the water and rinse again to remove the starch.
3. Boil water in a pot, add 150ml vinegar and 30g salt.
4. Put the cut potato barcodes into the pot and blanch them lightly. The potatoes should be blanched for about 40 seconds. If you blanch them for too long, they will lose their texture, and the potatoes used for frying later will not be crispy.
5. While cooking the potatoes, prepare a basin of cold water. Take out the boiled potato strips and put them into the cold water. This is called a cold river. This will cool down the potato strips immediately and prevent the potatoes from being overcooked due to the temperature.
6. Soak until cooled, take out the potato strips and drain the water. Find a larger vegetable basket, spread the potato strips flat, and dry the water in the sun. Once the water is dry, it is enough. Do not dry out the potatoes.
7. After drying the potatoes, put them in the refrigerator. When you want to eat them, take them out without defrosting. Heat the oil directly and fry the potato strips directly in the pan until golden brown and take them out.
8. Heat the oil in a pan. After heating the oil, try it with a potato strip. If the potato strips can swell immediately, it proves that the oil temperature has reached the temperature for frying French fries. If the oil temperature is not enough, you must continue to heat.
9. Fry the French fries until golden brown, remove and drain the oil.